Definition of Glengarries

1. glengarry [n] - See also: glengarry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glengarries

gleg
glegger
gleggest
glegly
glegness
glegnesses
glegs
glei
gleis
gleisation
gleization
gleizations
glen
glendoveer
glendoveers
glengarries (current term)
glenlike
glenohumeral
glenohumeral articulation
glenohumeral joint
glenohumeral joints
glenohumeral ligaments
glenoid
glenoid cavity
glenoid fossa
glenoid labrum
glenoid ligament
glenoid surface
glenoidal
glenoidal lip

Literary usage of Glengarries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"the Royals, the glengarries, and the incorporated militia. The centre and left columns were not to advance until Fisher's men were in action and had, ..."

2. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch (1904)
"DICED glengarries.—The diced border, which gives such character to the glengarries or fatigue caps worn by the Scottish Regiments of the King's army, ..."

3. The Making of Canada by Arthur Granville Bradley (1908)
"... sent a protest against this style of warfare but without avail. On Prevost's arrival Colonel M'Donnell of the glengarries requested ..."

4. Canadian Pen and Ink Sketches by John Fraser (1890)
"The writer found himself among old friends in the glengarries—not only friends, ... These grand old men, the Colonels of the glengarries, Alexander Fraser, ..."

5. How Canada was Held for the Empire: The Story of the War of 1812 by James Hannay (1905)
"... including the 10th Veteran Battalion and the three provincial corps, the Canadian Fencibles, the glengarries, and the Newfoundland Regiment. ..."

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